The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, August 23, 1917, Page 14

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Every man who is handicapped by Drink habit-can be strong again. Write us today. Neal Institute, Fargo, Arthur Lilligren, Mgr.—Adv. Mention Leader when writing advertisers HE editor of the Leader has received a letter from a League farmer's wife who is a Seventh Day Adventist, a religious denomination that conscientiously objects to war. Mem- bers of churches which object to war on conscientious grounds are exempt from the selective draft law. This woman sends us a clipping in which it is reported that members of the Seventh Day: Adventist church will serve in the non-combatant branches of the service and will not shirk danger. They will serve as nurses and physi- cians and in any other branches of the army where they are not required to do any killing of their fellow men. The writer of the letter somewhat misunderstands an editorial the Leader had recently on the exemption features of the draft law. We are pleased to quote her letter and will then make our position more plain. She says: In the August 9 issue of the Leader we were very sorry to see your attitude against that part of the conscription law which exempts members of a few small religious sects from combatant warfare. It is plain to see that if every indi- vidual could plead this with- out any reliable proof as to his conscientious convictions only real Christians would refrain from per- jury in order to take advantage of it. As it is there are only a small part of United States citizens who belong to these sects. Our consti- tution was framed with religious liberty iin view_ and upon second thought | am sure you will realize’ the serious injustice of your posi- tion upon this subject. These religious people who are exempted from combatant service only, are. all known to be pious, peace loving people. Someone has to perform non-combatant service and our people do not refrain from cowardice but will do all they can to help our country so long as they can be obeying both God and the United States. My husband be- came a member of the Nonpartisan league the first year and we have always boosted for it. In the editorial referred to there was no reflection on the good faith of per- sons belonging to churches whose creeds forbid them to kill. On the contrary, the Leader believes with the writer of the above letter that these people are honest, pious and peace- loving. The Leader also hasn't the slightest objection to persons who are conscientiously opposed to taking life being exempted from the draft, and the Leader would beé the last to accuse such persons of cowardice. At a time when most of the people of the world seem bent on destroying each other, it is fitting that the spirit of human brotherhood and peace should ‘he pre- served at least by .the small group of conscientious objectors we haye in this country. OTHER HONEST FOLKS OBJECT TO KILLING The comment the Leader made on the draft law -was that the govern- ment had recognized the desirability of exempting conscientious objectors— had subscribed to the principle that the conscientious objector should not be coerced—but at the same time had discriminated on - religious = grounds, against the great body of conscientious objectors. = There are many persons that have just as honest and just as valid objections to taking life in war as the Quakers and members of the ‘Seventh Day Adventist church have. Why should they be denied the protec- tion of this feature of the draft law? In denying it to them-are we not dis- criminating on religious grounds, and are we not thereby violating our con- stitution, which provides for religious liberty, as the writer of the letter to the Leader points out? What is religious liberty? Does it mean special privileges to certain sects, or does it mean equal. protection of the law and freedom of conscxence, regardless of sect? The Leader believes that if the writer of the letter will think it over, she will not want to claim a privilege for her family and deny it to other families, simply because her family belongs to a church that other families, just as honest and pious, do not belong to. : The writer of the letter seems to be- lieve that conscientious objection to- war to taking life-could not be proved by any person unless he belonged to a 1 R e A Woman Writes About Conscientious Objectors - = 11!|IIUIH"'!IIEIH!HIH!fl!l!?lN!HEilil!!lfm!fltflm!flll!flllIiil!il!ifl!!fllllflllli = A church whose creed included objection of this kind. She says only “real Chris- tians” would refrain from perjury. We do not believe the consequences of this statement were realized when it was made. We do not think that the writer wants to claim that members of other churches, and those belonging to no churches at all, would resort to per- jury when members of her church would not. We are acquainted with persons who belong to other churches and with persons: who do not belong to any church, and with some who do not even claim to be Christians, who are just as honest as the writer of this letter proves herself to be, and who would not think of resorting to perjury to accomplish any end. GREAT BRITAIN DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE Great Britain has not discriminated against conscientious objectors as the Unted States has. There any person who can prove himself conscientiously opposed to taking life is released from combatant service, whether he belongs to the Quakers or the Seventh Day Adventists or any other church, or to no church at all. Such. persons are first offered service in non-cambatant branches of the army. If they refuse that also, on conscientious grounds, they are offered positions in civil life where the government can be aided, such as harvesting crops, driving street cars, or in other places that will re- lease men for the army. About 50,000 people have taken advantage of this in Ingland. Let us understand. what religious liberty and liberty of conscience is. It is often misunderstgod, just like free- dom of speech is. %‘1 reedom of speech does not consist in our right to express freely our own thoughts, at the same time denying others the right to ex- press freely their own thoughts., It consists in the right of everybody to express freely their thoughts. Like- wise, religious liberty does not consist in our enjoying freedom of conscience and denying others the right to enjoy the same right. It is not religious liberty and liberty of consecience for Quakers and Seventh Day Adventists to enjoy exemption from draft because they are opposed to taking life, and at the same time for them to refuse other reople the same kind of protection be- cause they do not belong to these sects, although they may have the same kind of honest, conscientious objections, We hope we have made it plain that we are not opposed to Seventh Day Adventists being exempted. We are simply saying that others- with the same scruples about war should also. be exempted. In fact, we understand that many Quakers and Seventh Day Adventists are of like opinion, and that they believe that all people who object to war on conscientious grounds should e allowed exemption. This is a broad view and proves their adherence to the principle of religious liberty. THE EDITOR. WHEAT PRICES Many persons thought that when C. 0. 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